Enrollment
11
Oregon · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Adel, OR
Adel Elementary School
Federal NCES profile for Adel Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 54/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 410099000524
👥 S:T ratio 78
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 55
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Adel Elementary School earns 54/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of Oregon schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Oregon.
- 54
- Resource Index · Higher
- 5.5:1
- small classes for Oregon
- 11
- students enrolled
Adel Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 99% of Oregon schools. Computed live against every Oregon school reporting to NCES.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
2.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
5.5:1
vs 17.6:1 Oregon avg
-69% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Adel Elementary School compares with Oregon and U.S. medians
What stands out at Adel Elementary School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Adel Elementary School sits near the smaller end of the Oregon enrollment distribution while also reporting a lower student-teacher ratio than most state schools. That pairing is consistent with a compact, teacher-dense setting, though small scale can limit the number of specialized courses or support roles a campus can sustain. The program and staffing sections below show whether the lean ratio extends beyond classroom teachers into broader student services.
No single support indicator dominates
Adel Elementary School's available federal support indicators do not reveal an extreme in advanced-course access, specialist staffing, chronic absence, or IDEA enrollment. The most responsible reading is therefore component by component rather than a sweeping verdict: current counseling availability, health support, program schedules, and attendance policy still warrant direct confirmation. Missing or middle-range federal fields are not evidence that services are either strong or weak.
Adel Elementary School is a small elementary school in Adel, Oregon, enrolling 11 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 5.5:1, Adel Elementary School is leaner than roughly 99% of Oregon schools and 69% under the state's 17.6:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 98% of Oregon schools, with 11 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 95% of the 1,273 Oregon schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Its student body is predominantly White (91% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 17/100).
Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 18.2% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.
The surrounding Adel Sd 21 spends $27,077 per pupil, 50% above the Oregon average, a better-resourced district than most.
Adel Sd 21 operates only this one school, so Adel Elementary School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 11 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Oregon's single-school districts.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Adel Elementary School compares
Adel Elementary School on the metrics families compare, against Oregon and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Oregon | Oregon avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 5.5:1 | ▼ 69% | 17.6:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 11 | top 98% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
5.5:1
Leaner classes than 98% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
11
Bigger than 2% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
5.5:1
students per teacher
- 69% below state mean
Top 1% in Oregon - lower ratio than 99% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
18.2%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$27,077
per pupil, district-wide
- above Oregon avg of $18,086
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 90.9%
Two or More 9.1%
Largest group: White at 90.9% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 16.5/100
Simpson diversity index - at 16.5, Adel Elementary School is less mixed than the Oregon school average of 47.1.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Adel Sd 21, which includes Adel Elementary School.
$27,077
Per student
+50%
vs Oregon
Avg $18,086
+63%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 37.7%
State 57.4%
Federal 4.9%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar elementary schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Oregon, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~11 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~5.5:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Adel Elementary School
How many students attend Adel Elementary School?
Adel Elementary School has 11 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Adel, OR.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Adel Elementary School?
The student-teacher ratio at Adel Elementary School is 5.5:1, which is 69% lower than the Oregon average of 17.6:1 and 65% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Adel Elementary School?
The largest demographic group at Adel Elementary School is White at 90.9% of enrollment, in Adel, OR.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Adel Elementary School?
Adel Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 54/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Adel Sd 21?
None reported; Adel Sd 21 operates only Adel Elementary School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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